Monkey Picked is a black tea from the Fujian Province of China where high elevations and cool mists of the Nanping County provide a nurturing environment.    

Oxidation turns the tea leaves a golden yellow.  When brewed this tea becomes a deep golden brown and yields a smokey sweet fruit flavor. 

Legendary stories tell of trained monkeys scaling the cliffs to reach precarious tea plantings where the animals would pluck tea buds and bring them back down the mountainside.  Today, skilled human hands harvest this fine tea.